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santhAnak kuravar are the gurus who gave to this world the philosophy of shaiva sidhdhantha.They are in two classifications.

அகச்சந்தான குரவர்கள் - agach chandhAnak kuravar

They are four in number. They are not the normal human beings but the ones who live in the Holy Mount kailash (deva paramparai). The Prime Guru of this tradition is the Supreme guru dakshiNAmUrthi. These four gurus are:

paranychOdhi munivar was the guru of meykaNDAr. The four mentioned above lived in this earth (bUdha paramparai) in thamiz land and gave answers to much difficult philosophical questions in the form of shaiva sidhdhanthic explanations. Further disciples of this tradition established the mutts at thiruvAvaDuthuRai and dharumapuram (namachchivAya mUrthikaL and gurunyAna chamban^dhar respectively). Since this tradition starts from Lord dakshiNAmUrthi at Holy mount kailash, the two mutts get the title kayilAya paramparai. The philosophic texts composed by the san^thAna kuravar are called santhAna n^UlgaL(1). (A few of them are composed by others who are not part of this four). These fourteen are regarded as the sAththiram (basis, scriptures) texts.